Fundamental & Applied research, methodological Development, Engineering

Freshwater ecology, ichtyology

Behavioural ecology

Wild populations monitoring, impact assessment study, fishpass passage efficiency

Research projects management:experimental planification in situ and ex situ, sampling operations, data analyses

Financial and administrative set-up of research projects

Sampling: freshwater fishes (electrofishing, fish bypass emptying, drift nets) and Mammals (mist-netting and camera traps)

Identification: European freshwater fishes and European/African Mammals

Use of fish anaesthetics, biometry

Active and passive telemetry: PIT-tagging, radiotelemetry, hydroacoustics

Monitoring develoment and setting up: telemetric mobile tracking (pedestrian and motor vehicles - car, boat, and developing light aircraft), stationary telemetric detections sites (radiotelemetry, PIT-tag), PIT-tag antenna designing and building

Fish marking: external and intraperitoneal surgical implantation (diploma of Experimental Surgery - Fish Species, Nantes-Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, Nantes, France)

Populations dynamics: Mark-recapture models (population size, survival), density/biomass estimates (electrofishing, hydroacoustics), growth-curve parameters modelization

Behavioural analyses: individual and population movements, passage efficiency, ethograms

Basic and advanced biostatistics: (generalized) linear models, (generalized) linear mixed-models

Analytical software skills: R software (biostatistics), MARK software (mark-recapture), ArcGIS software (geographic information systems), Sonar-5 Pro software (hydroacoustics)

Data management software skills: Microsoft Excel & Access softwares

Office & Publishing software skills: Microsoft Pack Office softwares (Word, PowerPoint, Publisher), Adobe InDesign software, EndNote & Zotero references management softwares

Graphical design software skills: Adobe Creative Suite softwares (Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator), Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 video-editing software

Publications: scientific peer-reviewed articles, study/technical/preliminary reports

Congress communications: oral communications, posters

Scientific popularization: book redaction, scientific education for children and open public, pedagogical projetcs

Peer-reviewing: reviewer for Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

General Ecology – BSc module (16hrs) – 2015/16 – HEPIA Geneva – Geneva, Switzerland
History of ecology, introduction to general ecology, climatic/hydrological/edaphic factors, integration levels, functioning of the biosphere

Wildlife monitoring methods – MSc module (8hrs) – 2015/16 – HEPIA Geneva – Geneva, Switzerland
Introduction to telemetric monitoring for freshwater species: case studies including research activities (classroom lecture and field activity)

Wildlife monitoring methods – MSc module (8hrs) – 2014/15 – HEPIA Geneva – Geneva, Switzerland
Introduction to telemetric monitoring for freshwater species: case studies including research activities (classroom lecture and field activity)

Sensibilization to Livradois-Forez ecosystems and study of peatland – Educational schooltrip (1 week) – 2009 – Objectif Science International, NPO – Saint-Anthème, France

Use of R software for statistical analyses of biological data – MSc module (30hrs) – 2008 – University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour – Anglet, France
First approach to R Software, descriptive statistics, parametric and non-parametric statistics, linear models, graphics drawing

Use of R software for statistical analyses of biological data – MSc module (30hrs) – 2007 – University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour – Anglet, France
First approach to R Software, descriptive statistics, parametric and non-parametric statistics, linear models, graphics drawing

Use of R software for statistical analyses of biological data – MSc module (42hrs) – 2006 – University of Pau & Pays de l’Adour – Anglet, France
First approach to R Software, descriptive statistics, parametric and non-parametric statistics, linear models, graphics drawing

PIT-tag and monitoring – 1-day Workshop in collaboration with Oregon RFID – 2014 – HEPIA Geneva – Jussy, Switzerland
Theoretical approach to RFID, antenna design and field monityoring planification, applications in case studies

Introduction to R software for ecologists – 2-days workshop – 2013 – HEPIA Geneva – Jussy, Switzerland
First approach to R Software, descriptive statistics, linear models, multivariate analyses

Student coaching in a fundamental or applied research framework:

MSc students: Julie Chébaux (University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France, 2006); Julien Garnier (University of Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France, 2007); Emmanuel Lamarque (University of Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France, 2008); Laetitia Faivre (University of Besançon, France, 2010); Marie Carayon (University of Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France, 2011); Naïs Febvre (University of Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2014)

BSc students: Clément Romy (Hepia Geneva, Suisse, 2010); Zaccaria Kacem (Hepia Geneva, Suisse, 2011); Gilles Monnier (Hepia Geneva, Suisse, 2013); Sébastien Ramelet (Hepia Geneva, Suisse, 2014); Sébastien Ramelet (Hepia Geneva, Suisse, 2014); Lucas Martinet (University of Lyon III, France, 2016)

Other students Lucie Barbier (post-Master BNF student, University of Neuchâtel, Suisse, 2014)

Grimardias D., Guillard J. & Cattaneo F. 2014. Sediment management of a large dam reservoir: how did fish survive the ‘Apocalypse’ of a complete flushing? Submitted.

Cattaneo F., Grimardias D., Carayon M., Persat H. & Bardonnet A. 2012. A multidimensional typology of riverbank habitats explains the distribution of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.) fry in a temperate river. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 23(4): 527-543 - PDF -

Grimardias D., Faivre L. & Cattaneo F. 2012. Postemergence downstream movement of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.) alevins and the effect of flow. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 21(4): 495-498 - PDF -

Grimardias D., Merchermek N., Chébaux J., Gaudin P., Jarry M. & Beall E. 2010. Effects of habitat on individual reproductive success of mature male parr of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar. Journal of Fish Biology 77(10): 2460-2466 - PDF -

Grimardias D., Merchermek N., Manicki A., Garnier J., Gaudin P., Jarry M. & Beall E. 2010. Reproductive success of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) mature male parr in a small river, the Nivelle: influence of shelters. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19(4): 510-519 - PDF -

Grimardias D., Guillard J. & Cattaneo F. 2012. Impact de la vidange de la retenue de Verbois sur le peuplement piscicole : biomasse piscicole et comportement individuel. Report for Services Industriels de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland. 102p. - PDF -

Grimardias D. & Cattaneo F. Approche de la dynamique des populations d’ombre commun (Thymallus thymallus L.) sur l’Orbe en Vallée de Joux (VD) : structure démographique, taux de survie, quantification de l’habitat physique et thermie. Report for Service des Forêts, de la Faune et de la Nature, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. 74p. - PDF -

Cattaneo F., Winkler, K., Grimardias, D., Persat, H., & Weiss, S. 2011. Caractérisation génétiques des populations d’ombre (Thymallus thymallus L.) de Suisse. Applications à la conservation et à la gestion de l’espèce. Report for Office Fédéral de l’Environnement, Berne, Switzerland. 75p. - PDF -

Grimardias D. 2009. Rôle de l’hétérogénéité de l’habitat dans le succès des tactiques alternatives de reproduction du saumon atlantique (Salmo salar L.). Ph. D. Thesis manuscript. University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, Pau, France. 226p. - PDF -

Persat H., Winkler K., Weiss S., Grimardias D. & Cattaneo F. Natural and artificial relationships between Rhine and Rhone populations of grayling (T. thymallus): implications for conservation. XIV European Congress of Ichthyology, 3-8 July 2012, Liege (Belgium)

Vigier L., Bini G., Catinaud L., Caudron A., Grimardias D., Rives J., Pernette F., Faucon-Mouton P., Bardonnet A. & Cattaneo F. Migratory behaviour of European grayling in a one-year radiotelemetry monitoring in Arve river and its tributaries. XIV European Congress of Ichthyology, 3-8 July 2012, Liege (Belgium) - POSTER

Grimardias D., Carayon M. & Cattaneo F. Spatial distribution of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) post-emergent fry and habitat sub-units preferences: a management-oriented approach. XIV European Congress of Ichthyology, 3-8 July 2012, Liege (Belgium)

Winkler K., Weiss S., Grimardias D., Persat H. & Cattaneo F. Genetic structure of European grayling (T. thymallus L.) populations in Switzerland and cross-boarder France: Implications for conservation and management. International Conference on Ecology & Conservation of Freshwater Fish, 28 May-2 June 2012, Vila Nova de Cerveira (Portugal)

Winkler K., Weiss S., Grimardias D., Persat H. & Cattanéo F. Genetic characterization of European grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.) from Switzerland and cross-boarder France – Implications for conservation and management. Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Annual International Conference 2011: ‘Fish diversity and conservation: current state of knowledge’, 18-22 July 2011, Bournemouth (England)

Grimardias D., Merchermek N., Manicki A., Garnier J., Gaudin P., Jarry M. & Beall E. Reproductive success of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) mature male parr and impact of habitat complexity in a small population: Case of the Nivelle river. International Symposium « Advances in the Population Ecology of Stream Salmonids », 17-21 May 2010, Luarca (Asturias, Spain)

Grimardias D., Merchermek N., Jarry M.,Gaudin P. & Beall E. Succès reproducteur des mâles précoces de saumon atlantique : Etude en milieu naturel – la Nivelle. Colloque « Les rivières du Piémont pyrénéen », 13-14 February 2009, Mairie d’Oloron Sainte Marie (France)

Beall E., Grimardias D., Jarry M. & Gaudin P. Impact du changement climatique sur la reproduction du saumon dans la Nivelle. Réunion du groupe de travail GICC2 « Changement global et stratégies démographiques des populations piscicoles », MEDDAD, 11 February 2008, Paris (France)

Beall E., Grimardias D., Parade M., Lamarque E., Jarry M. & Gaudin P. Atlantic salmon at the southern limit of their range are faced with high temperatures during spawning: can they adapt? American Fisheries Society 138th meeting, 17-21 August 2008, Ottawa (Canada)

Beall E., Grimardias D., Jarry M. & Gaudin P. Changement climatique et reproduction du saumon. Colloque « Les rivières du Piémont pyrénéen », 8-9 February 2008, Mairie d’Oloron Sainte Marie (France)

Grimardias D., Merchermek N., Jarry M.,Gaudin P. & Beall E. Influence de la diversité de l’habitat sur le succès reproducteur des mâles précoces de saumon atlantique. Colloque « Les rivières du Piémont pyrénéen », 8-9 February 2008, Mairie d’Oloron Sainte Marie (France)

Grimardias D., Chébaux J., Garnier J., Merchermek N., Jarry M. & Beall E. Contribution of mature Atlantic salmon male parr (Salmo Salar L.): Does heterogeneity of habitat matter? II European Congress of Ichthyology, 9-13 September 2007, Cavtat (Croatia)

Grimardias D., Chébaux J., Merchermek N., Beall E. & Jarry M. Habitat heterogeneity and reproductive success of mature male parr in Atlantic salmon. Colloque international « Symposium: Ecology of stream fish – state of the art and future prospects », 12-16 June 2006, Leon (Spain)